A longitudinal, functional study of peripheral nerve recovery in the mouse

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1141-1145

  Yao, Mike ^a   Inserra, Michelle M ^a   Duh, Michael J ^a   Terris, David J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

functional index; Mice; nerve regeneration; sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE REGENERATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0031857514     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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